The Secret Scripture (edit title)

Amanda approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 5 books, including The Secret Scripture, Friday, October 16 2009.

Timothy Gray edited the awards of The Secret Scripture Monday, October 12 2009.

• Edited ranking of an award: Man Booker Prize Winner

Timothy Gray edited the awards of The Secret Scripture Monday, October 12 2009.

• Edited ranking of an award: Man Booker Prize Winner

Timothy Gray edited the awards of The Secret Scripture Monday, October 12 2009.

• Added an award: Man Booker Prize
• Added year of an award: Man Booker Prize 2008
• Checked finalist field of an award: Man Booker Prize

Timothy Gray submitted a request to combine 5 books, including The Secret Scripture, Monday, October 12 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Secret Scripture Friday, July 31 2009.

• A gorgeous new novel from the author of the Man Booker finalist A Long Long Way As a young woman, Roseanne McNulty was one of the most beautiful and beguiling girls in County Sligo, Ireland. Now, as her hundredth year draws near, she is a patient at Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital, and she decides to record the events of her life. As Roseanne revisits her past, hiding the manuscript beneath the floorboards in her bedroom, she learns that Roscommon Hospital will be closed in a few months and that her caregiver, Dr. Grene, has been asked to evaluate the patients and decide if they can return to society. Roseanne is of particular interest to Dr. Grene, and as he researches her case he discovers a document written by a local priest that tells a very different story of Roseanne’s life than what she recalls. As doctor and patient attempt to understand each other, they begin to uncover long-buried secrets about themselves. Set against an Ireland besieged by conflict, The Secret Scripture is an epic story of love, betrayal, and unavoidable tragedy, and a vivid reminder of the stranglehold that the Catholic Church had on individual lives for much of the twentieth century.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Secret Scripture Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Sebastian Barry: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Secret Scripture Friday, July 17 2009.

• The world begins anew with every birth, my father used to say.